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Live Forever

10X8", o/panel. This is Dudleya pulverulenta, one of my favorite plants, also known as Chalk Dudleya and "Live Forever". It's a succulent, forming part of the extremely endangered coastal sage succulent scrub plant community. This one is growing adjacent to some California Coastal Sagebrush (artemisia californica). I love the chalky white stalks with small red leaves and red blossoms. It has a ghostly beauty rising up out of the scrub.

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings.

George Tooker

If you draw, the world becomes more beautiful, far more beautiful. Trees that used to be just scrub suddenly reveal their form. Animals that were ugly make you see their beauty. If you go for a walk, you'll be amazed how different everything can look. Less and less is ugly if every day you recognize beautiful forms in ugliness and learn to love them.